Institutions involved: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, University of Freiburg

Funding: German Federal Ministry of Nutrition and Agriculture (BMEL)

Influence of anthropogenic disturbances, biotic, and abiotic factors on the natural regeneration and coppicing ability of 10 species of Quercus, Castanopsis, and Lithocarpus: study in a threatened biodiversity hotspot of Meghalaya, Northeast India (Principal Investigator and Pedagogic Mentor) (until 2020)